B-16
User
Guide

for

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

5.2
OL-26572-01
Appendix
B






Using

the

ANM

Plug-In

With

Virtual

Data

Centers
Managing
ACE

Real

Servers

From

vSphere

Client
Step
3
From
the

ACE

Reals

table,

check

the

check

box

of

the

servers

that

you

want

to

activate

and

click
Activate.
The
Activate

Server

window

appears.
Step
4
In
the
Reason

field

of

the

Activate

Server

window,

enter

a

reason

for
this
action.
You
mi

ght

enter

a

trouble

ticket,

an

or

der

ticket,

or

a


user

message.
Note
Do
not

enter

a
password
in

this

field.
Step
5
Do
one

of

the

following:

•
Click
OK
to

activate

the
server

and

to

return

to

the

ACE

Reals

table.

The
server
appears

in

the
table
with
the

status

Inservice.

•
Click
Cancel
to
exit

this

procedure

without
activating
the
server
and

to

return

to

the

ACE

Reals
table.
Related
Topics

•
Logging
In

To

ANM

from

VMware
vSphere
Client,

page
B-7

•
Using
the

Cisco

ACE

SLB

Tab,

page
B-8

•
Suspending
Real

Servers

Using

vSphere

Client,

page
B-16

•
Modifying
Real

Server

Weight

Value
Using
vSphere

Client,

page
B-18

•
Monitoring
Real
Server

Details

Using

vSphere

Client,
page
B-19

•
Refreshing
the

Displayed

Real

Ser

ver

Information,

page
B-20
Suspending
Real

Servers

Using

vSphere

Client
You
can

suspend

a

real

server

that

services

a

VM.
Note
If
you

ar

e

not


usi

ng

t

he
ANM
plug-in

for


vCenter
Server
t

o
access
ANM,

see

t

he
“Suspending
Real
Servers”
section

on

page

8-15 .
Procedure
Step
1
From
the

VM

t

ree

i

n
VMware
vSphere
Client,
do

one


of

t

he
following:

•
To
display

the

ACE

real

server

information

in

the

current

window,

click

on

a

VM

and

then

click

the
Cisco
ACE

SLB

ta

b.

•
To
display
the
ACE

real

server

information
in
a

new

window,

right-click

on

a

VM

to

open

the
submenu
and

choose

Cisco

ACE

Activate/Suspend.
The
Security

Alert

popup

window

appears.

This

popup

window

appears

because

ANM

uses

a

Cisco
self-signed
certificate.
Step
2
From
the

Security

Alert

popup

window,

click
Ye
s


to

proceed.
The
popup

window

closes

and

the

Cisco

Application

Networking

Manager

window

appears,

displaying
the
ACE

Reals

table.